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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 1978
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ronald E Vaill, Penn Township, Allegheny County, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180 / ; 7447 / ; 180 / ; 200 6185 ; 200157 ;
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a manual control handle for an electrically powered utility vehicle. The handle provides three functions for the vehicle: steering guidance, speed selection and directional control (forward or reverse). These functions are so designed into the handle that the operator is able to use the handle to control the vehicle without training and with a high degree of safety.